LAWS(MPH)-1998-2-17

KEDIA LIQUOR LTD Vs. UNION OF INDIA

Decided On February 17, 1998
KEDIA LIQUOR LTD. Appellant
V/S
UNION OF INDIA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BOTH the aforesaid writ petitions involve similar questions of law; therefore, they are disposed of by this common Order.

(2.) FOR convenient disposal of both the writ petitions, the facts given in the case of Kedia Liquor Limited and Anr. v. Union of India, (W. P. No. 2972/97), are taken into consideration.

(3.) THE petitioners by this writ petition, have prayed that Rule 7a of the Central Excise Rules framed under the Central Excise Act, 1944, and Rule 2 (ixa) of the Central Excise Rules be declared ultra vires.